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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-09
An insurmountabIe Obstacle.

George, we must part forever"
81 am not surprised. expected this
blow" said George, disconsolately, as
he leaned his handsome he'd against
one of the marble pillars of the richly
furnished drawing room. "You BONe
me not
..Indeed. do love you, lnts--''
s.You love nass Then whit can pre-
vent our speedy union? kou can not
hesitate because of the difference in
rank. You know that LAKE levels all
ranks"
mo, Augustus; there is one species
of rank thah love is poNerless 10 exert
any influence over"
What IS that, darlSng?'
THAT horrible scent of onions on
rour breath. - Merchant Traveller.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-09
ORATOR keller.

srac,men Passages from tho Republican
Ex-speaker's Garfield Grafton.
We are indebted to Mr.. Keifer, OF
Ohio, for a copy of his Grafton on Gen.
eral Garfield. We can not print it in
full. A few specimen passages will
give an idea of Mr. Keifer's oratory:
"To be esteemed a worthy citizen in the
time and of the country in which he lived a
man must be possessed of more fulness of life,
more generosity OF soul and more love Tor MS
fellow men than was accounted necessary to
good citizenship in past generations.
"Citizenship in our country includes sever
eighty and power, capacity to command OF
direct the affairs OF state"
"a citizen of our country must be filled with
the philanthropy incident to the perfected civil
ration grown up over the grave OF the Daroar
ism of the dead past"
1.-THE people OF this purified u MON, being
imbued with spirit OF personal integrity, de-
mand of the statesman freedom from corrup
ton, and exalted policy in keeping VIII
their own lofty character"
"Garfield lived in an age and country where
pure patriotism stamped the citizen with the
majesty of greatness more than in any othe'
age government"
ART and letters may satisfy restless genius
but physical heroism is necessary to inspire
patriotism"
'.He at least believed in substituting for the
blind the sight of knowledge. and for the
maniac the sanctuary OF comfortable repose
reigned over by tender, God-like care"
After locking through Mr.. Keifer's
address. which is full of just such pas
sages as these, we can readily under
stand why so determined an effort waa
made to deter him from appearing al
the unvailing of the Garfield statue
and speaking his piece. 1t is plain
that somebody who respected General
Garfield's memory had read the ora
ton beforehand. But we can not un.
derstand why the courts were not APP
pealed to to prevent the outrage.-M
Y Sam
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-09
Drawing the Color Line.

1t seems necessary to call the atten-
ton of certain Republican journals to
the fact that even in the North the
word negro" is sometimes spelled
with two g's. Franklin d. Smith,
of Portland, Ore, was blackballed by
the members of Garfield Post, No. >.
Referring to this expression of frater-
nifty, he wrote:
L fought side by side with white mon then,
sat side by side with them around our camp
nres then, and color was not thought of. Our
country was our thought. I white enough
tnen 10 oner my life for the salvation of my
country, and am 1 not man enough to belong TO
GARFIELD Post, No. 8, Grand Army OF the Re-
publicy
If the incident had occurred south of
the Potomac our editorial thunderbolt
factory would have been run night and
day for month, but as it occurred in
the North it hardly deserves Q mere
mention.-M Y Herald
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-09

assassination, but it is already evident
that the lesson of that event has been
mastered by the American people. The
spoils system reached its full frultion
in his murder by disappointed office
seeker, and the people have taken "a
solemn resolve to purge forever from
our political methods and from the
operations of our Government the per-
versions and misconceptions which
gave birth to passionate and bloody
thOughts.-M Y Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-09
MEXICAN PEONAGE.
A System of Bondage which Is Wors
Than Actual Slavery.


Peonage is simple LIN theory and com.
pick in practice. 1t is the attaching OF
labor for debt. A species of judg
ment is obtained and u mafnmTS services
belong to the creditor until the debt is
wiped out. So far it might be worse.
but (and here is the, ruby the Obliga
ton does not end with the debtor, but.
like the witch's curse In --RuddygOre. !"
becomes hereditary and deSeends from
father to son until satisfied This fact
and the further fact that the bulk OF
Mexican poems are not the original
debtors, but the descendants of debt
ors, would seem to Indicate that race
of active prodigals had once existed
in the land; but, on the contrary, most
of the debts are under fifty dollars
The incredible poverty and ignorance
of the masses is the only explanation
of this state of things Not one in five
hundred can cast up the simplest form
of accounts. A peon is allowed at best
only few tlacoS day, and Il tlaco IS
about a cent and half. Out of this
his food and clothing are charged up,
and occasionally interest is added to
the original amount So it can be
readily seen that instead of decreasing.
the debt is gradually growing larger
and larger, and the condition of the
poor wretch more and more hopeless.
The further inland, the more poems.
and the arabic lands of Sonora and
chihuahua are titled almost exclusively
by them. A large farm in these dis
tricts resembles a slave plantation, ex-
cept that no care whatever is paid to
the condition of the people. They are
not worth it. At the mines the same
state, of things exists, and whether IN
the shaft or chill patch the peon works
on, doggedly, hopelessly, helplessly,
born to it and knowing nothing better
or beyond. Food and clothing are
both kept near the vanishing point. A
little maize and few chilli pods suffice
for one, and pair of overalls, a cotton
shirt and straw sombrero for the other.
A pair of cow hide boots is the reward
of merit, and as they are used only on
feast days they will last peon all his
life, and probably descend with the
peonage to his SON. The women wear
cheap calico gowns, and the children
nothing at all. An outlay of a few
dollars will clothe whole family for a
year, anu an actual calculation shows
that they consume about eight cents
worth of food a week per capita
ProUo City utah american.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-09
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

-Chas. j. Faulkner, the new Sen
ator from West Virginia, is an accom-
plished scholar and one of the youngest
men ever elected to the United States
Senate.-St. Louis Republican.
ALI Governor Foraker's speeches
nowadays are mailed to prominent Re-
publicans throughout the Union, &C.
companied by portrait of the distin-
guished son of Ohio. Catch onp-M
y. World
The discovery by Commissioner
of Agriculture Colman that dogs are
sometimes run through the Oleomar-
garine churns has shocked many of the
bogus butter-makers not little, as
they were not aware that any thing so
expensive was being used.-C Chicago
Herald.
"A New York paper says: '.Mr.
Theodore Roosevelt. with his eye on
the Presidency, reminds one of opera
bouffe." Little Roosevelt's eye ON the
Presidency! Does he mean to wait I'M
til he gets big enough, or does he think
that Presidencies come in ehildren's
sizes?-St. Louis Post Dispatch
"A New York paper notes that
General Lew Wallace has been sug-
gested for the Presidential nomination
in 1888. The man who suggests him
lives in Charlottesville, Ind. So docs
the General" But outside that town.
however. the Wallace boom has not
yet Ben Hurled. Chicago Times
No Republican who opposed
Mr.. Blaine in 1884 will support him in
1888. and to these may be added q
large number of his former supporters
who deem his candidacy unwise. The
Republicans may succeed with entire
harmony in their ranks, but the con-
tests already in sight in some of the
close States do not indicate spirit
that promises success Chicago Neaos.
Whenever a Republican post
master is removed. or the services of
Republican postal or post-office clerk
is dispensed with, Republican news
papers publish something like this:
Complaints about the mail service
are multiplying fast. They come
from all directions" And yet tn,
actual facts are that the postal-service
is being improved every day, and the
people know it.-DeS Moiaes Leader.
For days past the Republican
newspapers have been bowling over
the Democratic nominee for Governor
in Kentucky, General Lyman Boliver
Buckner This Democratic nominee
is the man who was at Fort Donelson
when it was captured by Grant; the
man who sent General Grant 210 OO0
when the failure of Grant & Ward
overwhelmed, the great commander;
and one of the men who was invited
by General Grants family to act as
pall-bearer at his funeral. He was a
great admirer and devoted friend of
General Grant.-St. Louis Republican
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-09
Metric Weights and Measures

The metric system of weights and
measures. according to Mr.. jackson, OF
the Paris Geographical Society, is now
obligatory by law in the Argentine Re-
public, Austria and Hungary, Bel
gium. Bolivia, Brazil, Chilli. Colona-
bia, Denmark, Ecuador, France and
colonies, Germany, Greece, Italy,
Mexico. Netherlands. Norway, Para
quay, Peru, Portugal, Roumania,
Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, with
a total population of 241, 97S>e11- 1t is
optional by law IN Canada. Great
Britain and Ireland. Persia and the
United States. with 81, 6:sS,S25 inhabit-
ants. tits often used without having le-
gal value in Egyps, British India, Russia,
Turkey, Uruguay and Venezuela, with
a combined population of 333, 266. 1885,
The system was first established in
France in 1898, and standards were
adopted in 1799.-ArkdnSdto IrGceteT.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-09
IRviNG.s BURIAL PLACE.
4 Spot In Complete Harmony With th1
Great Authors Writings.

Spot In Complete Harmony With the
Great Authors Writings.
! confess l heard not without q So
cret pleasure that the relic-hunters so
chip and hammer the stone that marks
Irving's grave as to make its frequent
renewal necessary. 1t did not seem to
me a grievous wrong. nor in any true
sense PROCLAMATION of the grave. but
rather testimony to the loveableness
of Irving's character, and an evidence
of the wide extent of his fame, that,
from filing the circle of the educated
and refined among his countrymen.
has now come to include that lower
stratum of our common humanity
which has only instructive and, so to
speak,, mechanical ways of expressing
its feelings.
1t would not have been easy to find
a place more in harmony with the as
sociations that gather about Irving's
name as writer than the spot in
which he is buried. Even to-day, with
all the changes that have been brought
about by the growth of the neighboring
settlement. the spirit of peace and quiet
that used to brood over the region how
ers there undisturbed. Irving's own
words in the Legend of Sleepy Hol-
low," describing the graveyard. the
old church and the stream that plays
about its feet, reflect with the faithful
ness of mirror the scene as we behold
it to-day.
Here is the church. small building,
with rough sides of the country stone,
surmounted by picturesque roof, and
with an open bell-turret, over
which still Yeers the vane pierced
with the initials of the Fred
erick Velypsen who built the
church and endowed it in 1699 In
our rambles about the graveyard we
used to find the bricks of light-colored
clay brought from Holland, and of
which, so tradition said, the church had
been originally built, or which had, at
any rate, been largely used in its con-
struction.
The church was seldom used except
in the summer time. On communion
the handsome seEenteenth-cen-
fury Jacobean table Of oak brought
from Holland, where plenty like it may
still be found, was set oSTt, as it Is to-
day, with the plain vessels of silver
presented by Queen Anne" as the
formula goes, that used to please my
taste for things that had about
them the flavor of old days.
The same budding taste for ANTIGUA
ties led me and some of my schoolnlates
to the old graveyard, where we hunted
up the oldest tombstones, scraping Oft
the moss and lichens to deeipher the
names and dates, and enjoying many n
laugh over their carved ornaments
scrolls and cOckle-shells, and sturdy,
dew-Iapped, Dutch cherubs, with their
stumpy little wings scored like checker
boards for plumage. Many of these
gravcStoneS were said to be imported.
from Holland by the early settlers. like
the bricks of which the church was
built, the table in the church and muchl
of the furniture to be found in,the farm
houses of the countryside chairs and
tables, etpboards, and even, looking
glasses The carvings, memorial verses
and Scripture texts upon those tomAs,-
stones were cut by the most skillfral
wOrkmen @Ter-seas, and the names and
dates weBe- filled in here at home as, OG,-
c:ssion ealle<. Century.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-09
"A Touring mill in Oregon pays a

A Touring mill in Oregon pays an
adjacent saw mill Gfty dollars n day
for its sawdust, which it uses for fuel in
its big furnaces Their fuel cost them
one hundred dollars day before they
found that they could burn what most
Western saw mills throw away.-M Y.
Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-09
"a young married woman III IL

"a Young married woman III lows
takes long moonlight strolls with the
GHOST of a former lover No doubt If
her. husband was to be apprised OF he.
actions he would say Its immater1al-
You couldn't specter to. But gnoms
matter. Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-09

The estimated amount of life benefits
carried by the membership is about two
billion dollars, and the amounts paid
widows, orphans and dependents an
nRally, will reach over twelve million
d0llalS-Bee Hire.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-09

-Four thousand pennies were given
at an Easter collection in one Of the
churches in Kingston, n. Y 1t took
some time to count the COMA
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-09
FRATERNAL ORDERS.

Membership OF the More Prominent AmsrsS-
Beneficial Societies.
The following is about the member
ship OF the beneficial orders. of tina.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-09

"A morning hand bath in cold salt
water is delightfully."- lnvigorating.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-07-27
the following
Railroad LabOrers Killed.
A GANG OF ITALIANS RUN DOWN BY AN EX-
PRESS AND OVER TWELVE KILLED.

GANG OF ITALIANS RUN DOWN BY AN Ex-
PRESS AND OVER TWELVE KILLED.
NEW YORK, July 21.-The Chicago ex-
press, on the Erie Railroad, ran into gang
Of Italian laborers about three-quarters of
mile above Hohokus little after clock
this morning, and killed over a dozen of
them. The laborers were at work ballast
Ing on the railroad short distance from q
sharp curve. The express was an hour
late, and rushed round the curve at ire
mendous rate Of speed, and dashed through
tho laborers before they knew it was ap-
preaching, killing twelve or fifteen on the
spot, and iniuring many others. The
shrieks of the victims were heartrending,
and when the train slowed up the track
presented slckeniug sight of being covered
with rnangled bodies, the rails being spat-
tered with blood and broken limbs, pieces
of ragged flesh being scattered in all direct
ions. Some of The bodies were mangled
beyond description, and crushed out of all
resemblance to humanity. To most of the
victims death must have come instantane-
ously, but some of them appeared to be yet
quivering and life ebbing away when the
train was brought to staldstill. 1t is
claimed that it was the duty of the foreman
of the gang of lahorers, to watch for ap-
preaching trains at the dangerous curve,
and that he must have neglected to give the
warning whistle Mr.. W. L. Hudson, a
passenger on local train, which was be-
hind the Chicago express, in conversation
with reporter, described the scene as one
of the most sickening that could be wit
messed. "Along the tracks," he said,
"were arms, legs, trunks and other parts
Of bodies. and the tracks for long dis
lance were slippery with blood. The dis
aster must have taken place with such ap-
palling suddenness, that the men did not
know their danger till the train was down
ON them"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-07-27

A MARRIAGE THAT SURPRISED LYNCH
BURG:-.Quite sensation was produced in
Lynch6urg society circles on the evening of
the 23d by the announcement of the mar
rage OF MIR. Philip D. Fowle, of Washing
ton, u. G., to Miss Victoria Warwick, of
Lynchburg. The bride is daughter of
Mr.. Abram D. Warwick and a cousin of
Sen. Jno. W. Daniel. She is bright, pretty;
petite, and favorite in society in Lynch
burg. The groom resided in Lynchburg
several years ago, but subsequently remov-
ed to Washington. He is native of Alex
andria and brother-in-law of Gov. Lee.
Last July Miss Warwick visited relatives
in washington, and it was there that the
marriage was contracted, Rev. DR.. Griffith,
of the Epiphany Church, performing the
ceremony. The marriage has been kept
strictly secret since that time, not even the
brides most intimate friends in Lynchburp
being apprised of it. The reason assip ned
for the clandestine marriage was that the
groom was not then in adequate circum.
stances to incur the expenses of the ma r.
riage state. Hence the bride quietly re.
turned home, and the matter has rema ined
profound secret until q short time ago
Mr.. Fowle arrived in Lynchburg Saturday
evening from Washington and Joined hii
wife at her fathers.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-07-27

THE PRESIDENTS ATLANTA TR1p.-
WASHINGTON, July 24.-The details of the
Presidents trip to Atlanta have been ar
ranged. The special train will leave this
city on Sunday night, October 16, and will
reach Atlanta on Monday night. The
President will spend Tuesday and Wednes-
day in Atlanta. He will be escorted
through Virginia by Governor Lee and his
staff, through North Carolina by Governor
Scales and his staff, and through South
Carolina by Governor Richardson and his
staff, all of whom will 60 with him to At
lanta. At the Georgia line he will be met
by Governor Gordon and staff. At Atlanta
he will be met by the Governors and United
States Senators of the various Southern
States. 1t is expected that he will spend
Tuesday looking at the exposition, and on
Wednesday will hold public reception and
make short address.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-07-27

Is THE DEAL OFF OR OMIT takes two
to get ont of a bargain as we'll as to make it.
Mr.. Ives says the Baltimore and Ohio deal
is not off; alr. Garrett says it is. They will
60 into conrt to find out which has the best
lawyer, Il have never had mere option
on the 3 fillmore and Ohio property" says
Mr.. Ives 81 made a contract to buy it
did buy it - and have made certain payments
on account. have not asked the return
of those payments. The contract is still in
force and am ready to perform all the
conditions" This goes fatty against Mr..
CARROTS statement that the deal is off be-
cause the syndicate, which was to buy a
controlling interest in the Baltimore and
Ohio, did not meet there engagements in
the prescribed time. The theory of the
failure is that Ives depended on getting
So, 900, 600 or 1000, 900 from Mr.. Gould
for the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph sys-
tenn with which to pay for the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad stock, but when it was
found that the telegraph, not being g
separate corporation, was controlled by the
railroad STICK. Gould refused to purchase,
and so tie deal failed for want of the So,
600, 600 Or $4,000,000. There is story
that Mr.. G ,rrett cut the deal off because he
had found better purchaser than Ives
This may or may not be the case. One
thing is considered settled, however name
ly-that controlling interest of the B &
o. is for sals to anybody that comes along
with money enough to pay certain price
per share. Another deal is to follow, ac-
cording to Wall street, as soon as Gould or
the Pennsy 'vania Railway Company gets
the whip hand of the president of the B,
s. o. The public will be glad to see an
eud of this huckstering of a property the
management of which was once source Of
pride to the city and State.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-07-27
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